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E.- S. BROWN. ATTACHMENT FOR STOVES AND RANGES. No. 438,141. PatentedOct. 14, 1890.

UNITED STATES ETI-IAN S. BROWVN, OF PASOO AG, RHODE ISLAND.

ATTACHMENT FOR STOVES AND RANGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 438,141, dated October14, 1890.

Application filed July 2, 1890. Serial No. 357,500- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ETHAN S. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pascoag, in the countyof Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented a new and useful Attachment for Stoves and Ranges,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stoves and furnaces, and more particularly tothat class thereof known as stove lids and tops; and the object of thesame is to provide an improved attachment applicable to a stove or arange top, whereby the culinary utensils set in the holes thereof may begiven a greater or less degree of heat without changing the amount offire in any way.

To this end the invention consists of the details of constructionhereinafter more particularly described, and illustrated in thedrawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a stovetop with myimproved attachment applied thereto and one griddle removed to show theconstruction of the same. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section ofthis improved attachment, showing the damper therein as closed.

Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the damper open.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter S designates a stove, uponthe open top of which is secured my attachment. The latter comprises acast-iron box D, having through its top and bottom a number of holes H,each lower hole being surrounded by a ring R, which rises nearly to thetop plate of the box, leaving, however, an annular opening 0, as seen inFigs. 2 and 3.

F is the fire-pot, and O the passage leading to the chimney, and myattachment is so located that one of the holes H will stand aboutover-the fire-pot, as seen.

D is a damper arranged between the rings R of two of the holes andoperated by a handle leading to the outside of the stove.

The uses and advantages of this attachment are as follows: The firebeing started in the fire-pot and a kettle K being placedin one of theholes, if the damper D be closed, as in Fig. 2, the heat will pass alongbeneath the bottom of the kettle, as indicated by the arrows. If,however, the damper be opened, as seen in Fig. 3, the heat will pass upthe annular space between the kettle and the ring R, through theadjacent sides of the two annular openings 0, beneath the top T, and outthe chimney O, as shown by arrows in this figure, therebyimparting heatto a larger area of the kettle,'and also being brought closer againstthe top T than when the damper was closed.

In order that there may be sufficient space between the kettle K and thering R, I preferably provide the latter with lugs L at three or morepoints inside the same, and when the kettle is passed down into the holeH these lugs guide it to the center of the hole, and thereby leave anannular space around the kettle. The upper ends of the lugs L may bebeveled, as seen-in Figs. 2 and 3, wherebyt-he kettle will beautomatically guided thereby to the center of the hole.

In the drawings I have shown the attachment applied on top of anordinary stove,with its holes H in alignment with the usual potholes ofthe stove. In this position it may either be secured by bolts or I maydepend on the weight of the box to hold it in place.

What I claim is 1. The herein described attachment for stoves andranges, the same comprising a metallic box having stove-holes throughits top and bottom, rings around said bottom holes rising nearly to theupper plate, and a transverse dam per within the box between the-rings,the whole operating substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described attachmentto cooking stoves and ranges, adaptedto be placed on top of the same and provided with holes through its topand bottom to register with the potholes of the stove, and having ringssurroundingits bottom holes and rising nearly to the top of the box andprovided with lugs L, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

. ETHAN S. BROWN. l/Vitnesses:

FRED L. HAMLETT, ELIsHU S. HARRIS.

